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<blockquote data-quote="bottombrick" data-source="post: 112706">Well, finally threw my weight around at work, bought a Powerbook, and informed IT they were going to have to deal with a non-Thinkpad on the network...Looks like the minimum requirements for being a serious choice in the corporate environment are handled ok (Entourage for using an Exchange server, Active Directory support in Tiger, VPN clients, etc.).The only thing I don't see an obvious solution for is the equivalent of &quot;offline files&quot; in XP, where you can tell the OS that you'd like certain files or folders on network file servers to be available offline. When you're on the network, you just work directly with the network copy. But when disconnected (e.g. on a plane, or offsite) you can still work with all the files you need to do business. When you reconnect, all changes get reconciled.I'm hoping that I'm just missing something. Is this not built into the OS? Or if not, is there a commercial utility that handles this really well? This is a tremendously important feature for environments where 1) people are nomadic, and 2) files have to live on the network, because we work in teams. This describes most business settings I've been in.If I can show that the Mac is really usable in a corporate setting, there are a number of other folks in our company who are just waiting to switch over...Thanks for any help!Ben</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bottombrick, post: 112706"] Well, finally threw my weight around at work, bought a Powerbook, and informed IT they were going to have to deal with a non-Thinkpad on the network... Looks like the minimum requirements for being a serious choice in the corporate environment are handled ok (Entourage for using an Exchange server, Active Directory support in Tiger, VPN clients, etc.). The only thing I don't see an obvious solution for is the equivalent of "offline files" in XP, where you can tell the OS that you'd like certain files or folders on network file servers to be available offline. When you're on the network, you just work directly with the network copy. But when disconnected (e.g. on a plane, or offsite) you can still work with all the files you need to do business. When you reconnect, all changes get reconciled. I'm hoping that I'm just missing something. Is this not built into the OS? Or if not, is there a commercial utility that handles this really well? This is a tremendously important feature for environments where 1) people are nomadic, and 2) files have to live on the network, because we work in teams. This describes most business settings I've been in. If I can show that the Mac is really usable in a corporate setting, there are a number of other folks in our company who are just waiting to switch over... Thanks for any help! Ben [/QUOTE]

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